Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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ICE Raid Apprehends Hundreds of Immigrants With Misdemeanors
The raid aimed to round up “the worst of the worst criminals.” But almost half of those people taken in the operation have never been convicted of a felony.
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A Tale of Two Economies
Economic cheerleading of late would lead you to believe happy days are here again. Not for everybody.
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North Carolina: A Case for the Voting Rights Act’s Modern Relevance
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the feds should maintain oversight in Southern election law, North Carolina proves why the answer is obviously yes.
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Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline is Largest in the Nation
More than in any other state, students in Florida are being arrested for incidents that once would have merited a trip to the principal's office.
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D.C. School Closings Target Poor Black Students
Parents and activists are angry that planned school closings mostly affect neglected sections of the city.
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We’re Tumbling Over an Inequity Cliff
By shifting the definition of who is rich, the fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress extends many of the notions that have made the United States the most economically unfair it has been in half a century.
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline Gets Its First-Ever Airing in the Senate
After years of aggressive agitating and advocacy, the topic is finally inching its way into the limelight.
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A Constitutional Case Against Felony Voter Disenfranchisement Laws
Obama’s recent court victory on early voting may have carved a legal path for fighting down felony disenfranchisement laws.
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205,000 Parents of U.S. Citizens Deported in Two Years
The federal government has conducted more than 200,000 deportations of parents whose children are U.S. citizens in a timespan of just over two years.